- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 5, 1911
- Place of Birth
- Montboudif, Cantal, France
- Died
- April 2, 1974
Georges Pompidou
Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou (5 July 1911 – 2 April 1974) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1969 until his death in 1974. He previously was Prime Minister of France of President Charles de Gaulle from 1962 to 1968—the longest tenure in the position's history. He had long been a top aide to President Charles de Gaulle. In the context of the strong growth of the last years of the Trente Glorieuses, Pompidou continued De Gaulle's policy of modernisation, symbolised by the presidential use of the Concorde, the creation of large industrial groups and the launch of the high-speed train project (TGV). The State invested heavily in the automobile, agri-food, steel, telecommunications, nuclear and aerospace sectors. It also created the minimum wage (SMIC) and the Ministry of the Environment. His foreign policy, pragmatic although in keeping with the Gaullist princi…
Filmography
movieUnder the Flags, the Sun
2026 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024 · Self (archive footage) - President of the French Republic
movieMadame Soleil, la femme qui était supposée savoir
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieL'Âge d'or de la pub
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieTGV, génie français du rail
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieCent jours
2022 · Self
movieDe Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieMitterrand et la télé
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieUn peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Français
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieDe Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
movieStupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Bokassa Ier, empereur de Françafrique
movieBokassa Ier, empereur de Françafrique
2011 · Self (archive footage)
tvTélévision (histoires secrètes)
1996 · Self (archive footage)
movieOut of It
1978 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieA Grin Without a Cat
1977 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieA Real Young Girl
1976 · Self (on TV) (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Society of the Spectacle
1974 · Self (archive footage)
movieLe Désirable et le Sublime
1970
tvPanorama
1953